Apple to buy maker of original Kinect sensor?

Posted on Tuesday, July 16 2013 @ 13:33 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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Engadget picked up a rumor that Apple is in talks to buy PrimeSense, the company that helped create the first-generation Kinect (but not Kinect 2.0) for Microsoft.
Bearing that in mind, the latest rumor is that Apple is "in talks" to buy PrimeSense, the company that worked with Microsoft to create the first-generation Kinect (but not Kinect 2.0) and which could potentially help Cupertino with new projects that require natural interfaces. The value of the acquisition is said to "probably" be around $280 million, although the source makes it clear that these talks are in very early stages.


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